by tschroder100@gmail.com | May 4, 2020 | Healing, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Suffering
Jesus renounced the joys of heaven for the sorrows of earth, exchanging an eternal immunity to the approach of sin for painful contact with evil in this world. He was born of a lowly Hebrew mother in a dirty stable in the insignificant village of Bethlehem. He became...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Apr 27, 2020 | Aging, Atheism, Church, Faith, God, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Science, Suffering, The World, Witness
“We will all be changed – in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet.” (1 Corinthians 15:52) After death we will be changed. Instantaneously. Neither the living nor the dead can take part in the Kingdom of God as they are. They must be transformed...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Apr 22, 2020 | Aging, Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Suffering, The World, Witness
What is the faith of those who do not believe in resurrection after death? St. Paul addresses that skeptical objection. “Now if there is no resurrection…..” (1 Corinthians 15:29-34) He circles back to look at the alternatives to belief in the resurrection for there...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Apr 11, 2020 | Bible, Church, Faith, God, Islam, Jesus, Ministry, Suffering, The World, Witness, Worship
In the church it is easy to be distracted from our main message and to spend our times on other good things. Easter reminds us of the main thing. Wherever the apostles travelled they communicated to their hearers the main thing of the Gospel. You can analyze their...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Apr 11, 2020 | Bible, Church, Faith, God, Jesus, Ministry, Suffering, Worship
On Holy Saturday we remember what we affirm in the Apostles’ Creed, that after Jesus died he descended into Hell. It directs our attention to the period between the death of Jesus and his resurrection. What did he do, and where was he, in the days between noon on the...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Apr 7, 2020 | Bible, Church, Faith, God, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Prayer, Suffering, Witness, Worship
It is significant what someone does to prepare for their death. Some do nothing and deny the inevitable. That makes it hard for their family. Others of us put our affairs in order and make it easier for our survivors. Jesus prepared a last supper with his disciples in...
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